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Jproprietora - $n |ni?ptni)f)rt /(ttmln fOfospapfr: for tin* llroinoiton of t|t - political, ^tial, Agricultural atiir Coimnmial Interests of t|t JStratk " '. {? pbeVeae, in advaho&^^^H aiiri~ . i? ; ; ' ; : : ?? . ?. : ; : ~ : v , , "T. r"."-' TS ' ^fjf . ?.- > . ' | - . . . - - - . , , .11 -J?-yy*?~ I .j. .^ * VOLUME 9. YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1863.. NUMBER "M ' JB| "**' ' ' ' " ... n 'I l" . II. " .'I ' ',' '-?? /fflK llhlRK OF STOCK AXD BAL. AXCE OF TAX IIS KIND. WILL attentat the following times Ju and places for the purpose of receiving the closing reMma ofTAX IS KINO and the returns of all NEAT "OATTLE, HORSES and MULES not used in cultivation, ASSES, owned by each person, and of the gross pro teeas of the sales of all BEEVES, from 34th April, and prlor to l*t November, 1863 : Smith's, on Thursday, 3d December. * At Bethel, oh Friday, 4th December. At Clay Hill, on Saturday, 5th December. TjKt Ebenczer, on Monday, 7tli December. : At Port Mills, oh Tuesday, 8th Decemher. At Coatets' Tavern, on Wednesday, 9th December. 2 At Westbrbok's, on Thursday, 10th December. -At Rock Hill, on Friday, lltli December. ? At Bratton's, on Monday. 14th December. ,$tMcCo<uiellsvi]lc, on Tuesday, 15th December, wtl Younglilood'K, on Wednesday, 16th December, tdgfct Feemster's, on Thureday, 17th Decomber. ^Su Luke Smith's, on Friday. 18th December. At Hickory Grove, on Saturday, 19th December. Hugh Love's, on Monday, 21st December, at WhttesMos', on Tuesday, 23d December. AtGllfillan's, on Wednesday. 23d December. At Allison's on.Monday, 28th December. w Whisonant's, on Tuesday, 29th December. At Buffalo, on Wednesday, 30th December. Kt Boydton, on Thursday, 31st Dee-ember. i . JhtorkviUe, on Saturday. 36th Decomber, and Saturday, the 2nd January. This is the last opportunity that will be given TAX PAYERS to moke the returns of lite balance of the crops of M|DI, COTTON and all other parts of crops not hitherto ?NkH0d. This is also the only opportunity given for reIMlfiij NEAT CATTLE, HOUSES and MULES not used NfCe TAX IN KIND is essential to the weMhro and supBdltof our armies, and no effort* or energy will be spared, Us securing prompt and accurate returns. SSjKAB defaulters will be dealt with as the law directs. jKjett, oxen, wagon and cart horses and those used regu any in tne piow, ana none outers are exempt irom taxation. Horses includes all mares and ?Olts. The tax on Mat cattle includes all cpw?, yearlings and calves. The nfac of all beeves sold from 24th April to 1st November, S&feU be taken according to gross proceeds of such sales, deducting money actually paid Ibr their purchase and value Ufeom consumed by them. . 0&- firing your last returns with you, as your returns of core, cotton, ate., must be entered thereon. F. M. GAL 111! AI Til, Assessor 31st Collection District. t^HlovflDber 25th, 1863. 47 if JLATE LABOR FOR THE COAST, w DIVISION NO: 1. THE Commissioners of the Roads and the Town authorities of the judicial Districts of Kttgens,'Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Union, York, Chester, Laurens, Abbeville and Newberry are required -JKthwiU) to summon all persons in possession of slaves liable-to Road duty within the limits of their authority, to Aqhycr one fourth of their slaves liable to such duty at the KuFRoud Depots nearest the owners' residence, on'Wedneadsy, the 16th December, proximo; in time for the down Oiqming trains, fbr thirty dnys' labor on the fortifications. If. Tho Commissioners of Roads and the Town authoriaforesaid wlU*also impress and deliver, at the Depots at the same time, one fourth of all the male free negroes between the ages of thirteen and fifty, within the limits of "Jhelr authority, to be forwarded for the same terra of labor. : Ift. The aggregate of the calls made on this Division, intruding the present coll, Is four month's labor of one fourth ttfe. Road hands. In pursuance, then, of the terms of the Wis. of the Legislature, the Coramistoners of the Roads Mffi iho Town authorities will only require of the several JKWfciUrigmniMjh an amount of labor as will, when hdded tolfcat already furnished, make' up sucU owners' quota, tlx one fourth of their Road bauds for four months.* 4ft. The Inconsistency of calling for hands for thirty day?\ are detained sixty days, is a'matter beyond my cons The Act requires me to call.for a term of service of day*, while the negroes can only be discharged by of the General Commanding. Jf. Persons to wbom-it will be at all convenient to contrthote labor hi advance under this call are earnestly requested to do so; the law assures them of all credit for it fen Aitttre calls, which will come probably at a less opporme soasou. Tt Owner? are advised to furnish their slaves with ration* to thst to Charleston. Til. The Agents sent out to receive the negroes, are prohibited from furnishing substitutes. WM. M. SHANNON, y . Agent State South Carol!ua. , Camden, S. C., November 13,1863. *Nov~18 46 J 4w XX THE COURT OF ORDIIVARY, YORK DISTRICT. J?r Division or Sale of Real Estate, of George Mc. Floyd, deceased. Margaret W. Floyd, Applicant, a*. David J. Floyd, James Floyd, Carroll Henry, and Wife, JRary J., 8. G. Kennedy and a child (whose name is unknown) of 8. G. Kennedy and Ellznbeth G. Kennedy, deceased. heirs of George Mc. Floyd, deceased. rr appearing to my satisfaction that Carroll Henry, and Wife, Mary J.. S. G. Kennedy, and child (whose name is unknown) of S. G. Kennedy and Elisabeth G. Kennedy deceased, defendants in above stated case, reside without the limits of this State: it is tltereflsre Ordered that they do appear and object to the division as *ale of (he real estate of George Mc. Floyd, deceased, on or before the fifteenth day of February, 1864, or their con siliu to the nine will be entered of record. MSB) JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. November II -15 3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, > YORK DISTRICT. Boddey & Co., va W. B. Duolap.?olttaciiment. TSfHEEREAS, the plaintiffs did on 11 the 15th day of October 1963, file their declaration against the defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration might be served. It is therefore ordered, Wt the said defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the 16th day of October, which . will be In tlie year of our Lord one thousand eiidit hundred and sixty four, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be awarded against him. **x* (M61 S. E. MOORE, Clerk. October 15tb, 1963. November 4 44 qly. P~ WOW IS THE TIME! 1 **? I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES k FOR ALL CLASSES OF 3STEG-ROES. C. J. PRIDE, Rock Hill, S. C. BOOKS. t#UST received, a lot of the ; ^ "HOME SPELLING BOOK OR * - MOTHER'S ASSISTANT." Tills work U published In Greenville, S. C., and for sale at Ifr ENQUIRER OFFICE. ifflER HUNDRED LBS, v IN CASH, WILL BE PAID FOR CLEAN COTTON OR CINEN RAGS, ** AT THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. June 10 2? tf Dili ALFRED CRAVEN, DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, YOBK7T1XE, SO. CA. . ^|>TRE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, JL MEDICINES, Ac., constantly kept on hand. "*? Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately ' Rnwuel. September 30 39 tf r> Q A I CD en rOAUCM n u? ivk. ^ va%n v k.i? Jsurgcou gratis!, . YQRKVILLE, S. OQCf On the East side of Main treet, -South of the "Pel i*t metto Hotel. "-?30 , J?rm?y 6 -, . 1 tf CARRIAGE SHOP. /v(B-B(Jty THE Subscriber still continues tlie P&&33S1 CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS at the old STAND. All kinds of coun tty produce taken in exchange for work. * ALSO, HORSE SHOEING and genera! country WORK done by W. P. McFADDEN. J January 23 4 tf #CTEAM MILLS FOR SALE.? KD The undersigned offers for sale or in exchange for ? NyXJKO PROPERTY, his STEAM MILLS In the 1 Pown of *orkville, 8. C'., directly on the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD. The Mills consist of WHEAT and CORN ? MILLS, and a CIRCULAR SAW?the whole driven by a BOILER and ENGINE of FORTY HORSE POWER, with WELLS and PUMPS to supply with water, and all necessary buildings. Tbe BOILER and ENGINE, if desired, will be sold alone. S. J. KUYKENDAL. Mnrch 18 U - tf T\ENTAL NOTICE.?D U R IN 0 XJ my absence from Yorkville, I have made arrangements witli Dr. LESLIE O'WENxformerly of Charleston, to take charge oT*y OFFICE, pdjoining the* Enqcikeb building, where he urtUjjepleased tP WBiLon my customers, as usual. He Is a gentleman of much experience in my line of business, and Will, doubtless, give- general saU?fuetioir. W^frWALKE K, Ddntist. February 25 , 8 tf estraa' wwpkSr '/ ,. TOLLED before me, by Edward T. Brandon, living 10 miles East of Yorkvillit, near Wright's Ferry, a BROWN HORSE MULE, about ftxtrteeu hands high; supposed to be upwards of twenty years ohl.? No marks visible except a very sore back. Appraised ?t seventv-tive dollars. J. D. P. CDRRENCE, Magistrate. October 17 43 T ? n ? The Battle of Missionary Bidge. Army or Tennessee, .' Chickamauga, November 25?Midnight. The Confederates have sustained, to-day the most ignominious defeat of the whole war?a defeat for-which there is but little excuse or palliation. For the first time during our struggle for national independence, our defeat is ohargeable to the troops themselves, and not to the blunders or incompetency of their leaders. It is ^difficult for one to realize how a defeat so complete could have occurred on ground so favorable, notwithstanding the great disparity in the forces of the two hostile armies. The ground was more in our favor than it was at Fredericksburg, where Gen. Longstreetis said to have ?l t ?i ann tJflULLJUtt'U I Li til JUCU saiUIJf Utt ocijuat w wvy ' 000 men. And yet we gained the battle of Fredericksburg and lost that of Missionary Ridge. Bat let as take ap the painful narrative at the beginning, and see how this gredt misfortune, if not this grievoas disgrace, has befallen the Confederate-arms. Lookout Mountain was evacuated last night, it being no longer important to us after the loss of Lookout or Will's Valley, and no longer tenable against such an overwhelming force as Gen. Grant had concentrated around Chattanooga. Gen. Bragg abandoned al^o the whole of Chattanooga valley, and the trenches and breastworks running along the foot of Missionary Ridge and across the valley to the J>ase of Lookout, and moved his troops up to the top of the ridge. It was found necessary to extend | his right well up towards the Chiokamauga I tL : ?c iU? 1 | uear iujtliuuiu, iu uuudcijucuuc vi tuc iicovj ' forces which the enemy had thrown ap the river in that direction. The Tennessee and Missionory Ridge approach nearer to eaob other as it goes np, or rather down the valley, the width of which at some points does not exceed one-fourth of a ihile. Across this valley, now almost an open plain, varying from one-fourth of a mile to two miles in widthj the Federals advanced to the assault, their ranks exposed to our artillery fire from the ridge, while in the plain, and to the infantry fire when they attempted the aseent of the hill or mountain. The only objection that can be urged against our line was its length and weakness, the latter being the resnltof the former, and the former the result of ciroumstanoes beyond our control, it being necessary for us to guard the passes in the ridge aod to conform to the length of the line presented by the enemy. The ridge varies in height from four to six hundred feet, and is crossed by several roads leading out from Chattanooga. The Western side next to the enemy was steep and rugged, and in some plaoes almost bare, the timber having been out away for firewood. Our pickets ocou piea toe Dreastworits Deiow, wnno me miantry and artillery were distributed along the crest of the ridge from MoFarland's Gap almost to the month of the Chicka.mauga, a distance of six miles or more. In addition to the natural strength of position, we had thrown up breastworks along the ridge wherever the ascent is eaBy. The Federal army was marshalled under Grant, Thomas, Hooker and Sherman, and did not* number less than 85>000 veteran troops. The Confederate army under Bragg, Hardee and Breckinridge, did not number half so many. Longstreet's Virginia divisions and other troops had been sent to Bast Tennessee. Had these bee? present, with their steady leader at the bead of them, we should have won a viotory quite as complete as our defeat has been.? As it was, we ought to have won the day, and should have done so if our men had done as well as usual. Possibly a mistake moo /lAmmiHorl txrViart T.Anr*ofi*oaf mo a oant noo WUIUJIVVVU nuuu JUUUgOUlVWU TT UJ DCUU away, and possibly it would have been better not to have accepted battle to-day, bat have retired last night. General Bragg thought, however, that there was not time, after the loss of Lookout, to get his army safely oner the Chickamauga last night, and that it would be better, ocoupyiDg so strong a position, to fight it out. But what conld he expect from battle where the odds were so much against him '( Not only did Grant have nearly three to one in number, but the geographical configuration of the ground, in maneuvering an army, was as favorable as he could desire- Nature had provided an ample protection for his flanks and rear, and rendered his front almosj; impregnable. He possessed the additional advantage of being able to manoeuvre his army upon the chord of a semi-circle, whilst Bragg could move onlj upon the aro. But let us proceed with the battlethe strangest, most singular and unsatisfactory confliot in which our arms have been engaged. Grant deployed his immense masses in two heavy lines of battle, and sometimes in three, supported by largo reserve forces? The spectacle was magnificent as viewed from the crest of Missionary Eidge. lie advanced first against our right wing, abont 10 o'clock, where he encountered that superb soldier, Lieutenant-General Hardee, who commanded on the right, whilst MajorGeneral Breckinridge commanded on the left. Hardee's command embraced Cleburn's, Walker's (commanded by General Gist, General Walker being absent,) Cheatham's and Stevenson's divisions. Breckinridge's embraced his old division, commanded by Brigadier General Lewis,. Stewart's, part of Buckner's and Hindman's commanded by Patton Anderson. The enemy's first assault upon Hardee was repulsed with great slaughter, aa.was his second, though made with double linos, supported with heavy reserves. The wave of battle, like the wave of the sea when it dashes against a rook-bound coast, beat, and hissed, and struggled in .vain; for the brave men who. t 1 "... 1_ 1 I guarded our ngno were resoivea never w 1 yield one foot to the hated invaders. The odds against which,they contended were fearful j for while the enemy advanced in two and even three massive lines, their own army consisted of only one' long and weak line, without supports. Yet they not only repulsed every attack, but captured seven r flags, about 300 prisoners, and remained master of the' ground until night, when they were ordered to retire, carrying off all their guns, losing no prisoners, and but a small per centage of killed and wounded. The. whole command behaved well, and especially that model soldier,. Major General Cleburne, a true son of the Emerald Isle, and his heroio division. General Hardee saved the army from a disastrous rout, and added fresh laurels to his brow. The attack on the left wing was not made until about noon. Here, as oc the right, the enemy was repulsed; but he was obstinate, and .fought with great ardor and confluence, returning to the charge again and again in the handsomest style, until one of our brigades near the oenlre, said to be Reynold's, gave way, and the Federal flag was planted on Missionary Ridge. The enemy was not slow in availing himself of the great advantages of his new position.? In a few minutes, he turned upon our flank and poured into them a terrible enfilading fire, which soon threw the Confederates on his right and left into -confusion. Under tfiin nnnfnsinn. the crnn in nnr linen otaw wider and wider, and the wider it grew the faster the multitudinous foe rushed into the yawning chasm. The confusion extended until it finally assumed the form of a panio. Seeing the enemy in possession of a portion of the'heights,'the men hastily concluded that the day was gone, and that they had best save themselves. Just at this time, the alarm was increased by an artillery battery whioh rushed down the hill to the river for a fresh supply of ammunition; the men, however, supposed they were flying from ; the field, and that all was lost. Nearly the i whole left wing eventually became involved and gave way?a portion of it retiring under orders, but the greater part in an un- , mitigated rout. ( Gen. Bragg did all he oould to rally the fugitives and reform the broken line. He i exposed himself in the most unguarded i manner, and at one time it looked as if he i would certainly be killed. His staff officers ' were also conspicuous in their efforts to re- i store our line. They and their ohief were i the last to leave the ridge? I The-day was lost. Hardee still maintain- I ed his ground ; but no success of the right < wing could restore the left to its original i position. All men?even the bravest?are 1 subject to terror and confusion ; but to-day I some of the Confederates did not fight with < their accustomed courage. Possibly the ; contrast between the heavy masses of the Federals as they rolled across the valley and I up the mountain ridge, and their own long I and attenuated line, was not of a oharacter < to encourage them. . ] Our casualties are small?too small?too < small, indeed, to be recorded along with so i complete and humiliating a defeat. In- < oluded among our losses are some of our i best guns?perhaps as man y as thirty or i forty. The infantry supports in some ih- < stances fled so preoipitately that there was no time jeft to remove the guns. There were but few roads down the mountain by " which they could retreat, and this occasioned further loss'. All the artillery behaved 1 well. The men in Cobb's battery stood ^ ground after their support had fled, and 1 though they lost their guns, they fought ^ them to the last; and when the ooaid use 1 them do longer on account of the steepness of the descent, they hurled hancT grenades at the foe as he crawled up the mountain beneath the muzzles of the guns. The enemy's loss must have exceeded ours ten to one. Our dead and some of the wounded were left on the field. But it is late and bitter cold, and I must olose. We cross the Chiokamauga to night, and then proceed to Dalton. [Cor. Savannah Georgian. Arpay Correspondence of the Savannah Republican. - Army op Tennessee, ^ Dalton, Ga., Noy. 27, 1863. Thursday, the 26th, after a fatiguing march, the army with its loDg trains arrived at Ringgold during the afternoon and night. The enemy, had thrown forward a mixed column of mounted infantry, artillery and cavalry, which was harrassing our rear guard, under command of General Gist, Af nno fimo fi-fln "Rrarynr nr. WUOlU^iHrUIJI* J. JLU vuv VI W?? w? dercd the wagons towards the rear to be moved out of the road aud parked, with a view, it is said, of having them burnt rath* er than let them fall into the bands of our enemies. Gen. Gist was repeatedly pressed back against the wagons, but he managed finally, with the aid of his brave command, (Walker's division) to save them all. At one time, the enemy got in between him and the main column, but he took a neighborhood road and thus esoaped destruction. Unfortunately, Ferguson's battery of four guns, belonging to Walker's division, was captured. The horses were in very bad condition, and unable to keep up with the column; hence the disaster. The.greater part of the men and horses escaped. You will b6 astonished to hear that the horses in the artillery service, the most important in the whole army, are the npst neglected ?a fact, however, which quartermasters, and even artillerists, seem incapable of comprehending. The loss of the battery occurred soon after dark and not far from Ringgold. The trains were brought out three miles this side of Ringgold and the teams fed, while the army occupied the pass just outside the town. Three companies of the* 16th South Carolina, acting as a apeoial guard to Ferguson's battery, were dispersed and many of the men taken prisoners. , ; ^ * . . - \ . ' . Noy. 27.-rThe trains were now put in front and directed to take a left hand road to ])altOQ, Posing aear Catoosa Springs.? aayugnt lawvwg * ?- i road by Tannel Hill, so as to oover the I the teama overworked, and suffering for $ forage and rest. I b^w a male lie down > when the harness was removed and go as ? * .-wk.-w - . .* soundly to sleep in two minutes as an infant, and that while hundreds of wagonB and thousands of men were marching by within a few paces of where it rested. Cleburne was-intrusted with the command of the rear guard to-day, Walker's division having been relieved. The Federal pursuing oolumn, numbering, it is estimated, about 10,000 men of all arms, assaulted him before he reaohed Tunnel HilK This oolumn consisted of pioked troops who moved rapidly and fought gallantly ;lut Cleburne succeeded in .restraining them whenever he encountered them. But they were becoming quite troublesome j so be ambnsoaded them by concealing his forces, including his artillery, until the enemy got within a faw paces ofjiis guns, when they poured grape and banister into them with the most destructive effect. The road was filled with their dead and wounded. O27 infantry then sprung forward from their covert on either side of the road, and literally mowed them down by their well directed shot. The enemy fled in confusion, leaving 250 prisoners and three flags (the latter taken by the artillerists,) in our hands, and from 1,000 to 1,500 killed and wounded in the road. The Federals kept at a respectful distance from Pat Cleburne after that?"and were five hours marohing one mile, on our track. * A prisoner taken near Ringgold reports that Osterhaus, of Sherman's corps, is in oommand of the pursuing column. He Bays that Osterhaus crossed the Chiokamaug'a on a hastily constructed bridge, and that Grant was building a wide, substantial military bridge at Red House ford, by which to cross over his whole army, and that he intended to make a clean sweep of the Confederates. This last achievement, the beaten hero of Sbiloh will find more difficult than he imagines. But in conclusion : The battle of Missionary Ridge was a great misfortune, not on aooount of the loss of men, which was [ considerable, nor the loss of territory, which is far more serious; bat chiefly on iccount of the loss of the moral strength and confidence of the army and the conntry. Let ns not, then, add to oar calamities by beginning a war of abuse and condemnation against the Chief of the beaten army or the head of the government. Let as rather strive to reanimate the hopes of the people and the army, bring forward all ror strength; and pray that Heaven will yet give ns the final victory. In a few days I shall prepare a review of the whole campaign in Northern Georgia, beginning with the evacuation of Chattan)og& in September, and closing with the present retreat; and while I shall not gloss )ver the errors of any one I shall be able to shew that Gen. Bragg has had a most difficult task to perform?that he behaved with insurpassed courage on the field, and that f he has been unfortunate, he has also been levoted to the cause. P. W. A. A correspondent of the Atlanta Intetti jencer, writes thus : Gen. Hardee assuihes the temporary comnaad of the army. It is supposed that Beauregard or Johnston will be put in comnand. The late sad reverse of our arms before 3hattanoogar cannot be attributed to the halt of Gen. Bragg. Had oar troops not ;iven way and become panic-stricken, it vould have been impossible for the enemy o have carried Missionary Ridge. Gen. Bragg acted heroically'in trying to rally lis troops, exposing himself in front of the memy's fire, who were not forty yards distant from him, and he was almostjarrounled, and came near being taken prisoner, vhen he was oompelled to retire from the ! Ridge. The defeat of onr troops at the battle before Chattanooga wds owing in a great meamre to the reorganization of the army which had been effected but a few days previous. Brigade commanders were changed, and srigades were seperated from each other ind placed in other divisions, where all i8A*A aftm nr*A?*a m V??<?k JmaaJ nunnf /lia "oig onauggioj nuiuu pruuuucu ^icau uio' mtisfaction and a want of confidence. Grant's army, already exhausted, .is in. 10 condition to- advanoe, he having fallen back to Chickamauga, after burning a portion of Ringgold and destroying the railroad and bridges as he retreated. The fact that he has sent two divisions across ihe Tennessee at Cotton Port and Kingston ;o watch Longstreet and prevent his falling in Grant's rear, and also that the enemy's cavalry are in Cleveland, and was advancing towards Charleston, where heavy firing was heard a few days ago, wonld sees to indicate that Grant's operations for the present will be confined to that quarter. Dalton, Deo. 2.-?The following order ias been issued from headquarters: General Oedeb, No. 214. Upon renewed application to the Presilent his consent has been obtained for the relinquishment of the command of this arny. It is accordingly transferred to Lieut, jren. Hardee. The announcement of this separation is Hade with unfeigned regret. An association of more than two years which bind together a oommander and his trusted troops, lannot be severed withoht deep emotion.? For a common cause, dangers shared on many hard fought fields have cemented bonds whioh time can never impair.. The jiroumstances which render this step proper will be appreciated by every good soldier md true patriot. The laafe appeal the General has to make to'the gallant army whioh lao d/v Innn atlfttaiOOd him, is tO ffiVO r B- -y.-v IT* us successor that cordial and generous suplort so essential to the sneeess^f jour arms. in that successor, "jon hare a veteran, whose irilliant reputation yon have aided to,aihiere. To the officers"of toy general staff; rho have so long, aadot&ly and streeeesfuly struggledagainst serious;, difficulties to. rapport the army and myself is due, in a; jreat degree, what little success and fame re have achieved. Bidding them and the irmy an affectionate fexeweli; they have the ?^ j; . .? * , ? v. _ ?v-' _ i ' V > -iX, . blessings and prayers of a grateful friend, c BRAXTON BRAGG. i On assuming command Lient. General c Hardee issued the following General Order s to the soldiers of the army of Tennessee : s "General Bragg having been relieved t from duty With this army, the oommand has e devolved npon me. The stea'dy purpose? t the unflinching courage and unsullied pa- t triotism of the distinguished leader who i has shared your fortunes for more than two I years, will long be remembered by the army { and the country he served so well. f I desire to say on assuming command E that there is no oause for discouragement. c The overwhelming numbers of the enemy 1 foroed us back from Missionary Ridge, but 8 the army is still intaot and in good heart; t our losses were small and were rapidly re- ' pl&eed. The country is looking to you with 8 painful interest. I feel I can rely upon } you. The weak tide need to be cheered by 1 the constant suooesses of the victors of Shi loh, Perryville, Murfreeaboro' and Chioka- * maaga, and requires such stimulant to bus- I tain their oourage and resolution. Let the 1 past take care of itself. We care most to ( seoure the future. 1 (Signed,) W. J. HABDEE, I Lieutenant-General. } ' ??? 8 Chivalry and Common Sense. 1 A great deal has been said about the chivalry of South Carolina, and it has been 1 nobly illustrated in the defence of Charles- 1 ton. But there isanother quality of the ' people of that State for wbioh they have [ not so much credit, and wbioh nevertheless 1 they have exhibited prominently in the man- 6 ner in which Charleston has been defended, 1 and that is their oommon sense. We have 1 remarked more, that it is a general mistake to consider the South Carolinians an impulsive people, who wear their hearts upon their sleeves, and rush headlong into difficulties ! without looking at the oonsequences. On the contrary, they are eminently sagacious and practioal, not often taking strangers up(on trust, adapting the means wisoly to the end, and steady and persistent in the pur- { suit of their purposes. The Yankees assert ( that they have been bent on disunion for j thirty years. We think it highly probable, and no other fact is needed to establish their j wisdom. and sagaoity. They have under- ( stood the Yankees from the beginnings and, ( whilst other StateB have comforted them- x selves with the velvet softness of Yankee t contact, they have always maintained that t there was the olaw of the tiger beneath.-* 8 They have never failed, whilst obeying the i ..I 1 _ _ 3 II i. L. injunction to oe "Harmless as aoves, to ue , "wise as serpents,** and have,. therefore, [ long foreseen the present state of things, ? and prepared themselves as far as possible r for tie inevitable catastrophe.' And*when at last it came, the precautions for the seen- v rity of Charleston were just what the ocoa- v sion demanded, and plaoed that oity in a y better condition for the collision than the United States, with all its power, was for s assault. Tbey did not leave a good cause 0 to take care of itself; they did not expeot v that the angels would descend from above 8 and drive the Yankees from the harbor; 0 but they acted upon the maxim of Cromwell, ? to "trust in God and keep your powder dry." e They acted upon the prinoiple that "faith v without works is dead," and that the Gods t help them who help themselves. The con- d sequence' was that they shelled Mujor An- b derson out of Fort Sumter in two days, and s that, when they had him out, they have 8 placed the same fortress in such a condition 0 that it has resisted a siege of more than three months by the most powerful arma- r menta under the sun. . And yet Fort Sum fi ter is only one of a mighty cordon of defen- n oes'which enoiroles the Palmetto City, and v eaoh of whioh the Yankees will have to p pummel to powder before the coveted jewel a falls into their hands. Nothing has been k left in the measnres,' for the defence of si Charleston, to cbanoe or accident. They p might have relied in a measure upon their h natural allies?the burning sun and the yellow fever. But they did not, and events 0, have proved it well that they did not. If D the sun roasted the Yankees out, or if the p plague decimotedthem, well and good; but 5 they went on fortifying and placing guns in ai position and defending every vulnerable ^ point, just as if their sun was always tern- e. perate and comfortable, and. the pestilence 8( a thing unknown. . We hear of no surpri- a, ses in Charleston. The Confederate soldiers t| in that neighborhood sleep with both eyes Cl open. They always suspeot Yankees. They s( always remember that if the good man of $ the house had known at what hour the thief it would come, he would have watched; and c not knowing at what hour the Yankees oome, ^ they watcji all hours, knowing them to be 0I the mpst sly, and subtle, and devilish of all p created animals. The consequence is, that w woen JODatnan, in ma proiouuu bouiwyo- S? ess, creeps- up, some dark midnight, to 0| Sumter, thinking our "impulsive Sontbern 8j brethren," in the generous confidence of their ardent natures, are taking a sweet ^ snooze, be suddenly receives suoh a buffet fr between the eyes as makes him see more fc stars than glitter on his beloved gridiron, p. and be goes back to his ships a sadder and C( a wiser man. These people are profoundly p, in earnest. A Yankee correspondent com- t? plains that in some business intercourse, ^ under a flag of trace, between the Southern 0j and Yankee officers in the ha,rbor, the Con- ;0 federates were cold and hearty in their main- ^ ners, never responding beyond the most w frigid civility to the flue, social overtures tt whioh Jonathan is pleased to make when te not engaged in choking and stabbing. - We tb are gUd to hear it: We are not engaged in child's play with these invaders of their f> homea, and murderers oftheir ohiWreb ? 0I They appreciate' the j?ality and in solemnity of thisefcrnggle, and they hate^he -yj Yankee with tt^fc^B-of 'ihe fceattr ius well: ^ MVt.lip.w4 MiBraaiittBg. ... Jj Nothing co,aid have been, more appropri- b< ate, as well as judicious, than that General tb Beauregard should have the chieftainship of at the defences of Charleston. He was their fo leliverer at the beginning of the war; he nil continue, we trust, their deliverer to its ilose. He is a man very much like them* elves; warm of heart, but cool of head, trong of . hand and always suspicious of heir- peculiar enemy. No man understands mgineering better than Beauregard; but here is one subjeot he understands even letter, and that is Yankees. He is not a nan noisy and abusive of Yankees, but he ias made them the study of his life; he apireciates their energy, perseverance, and ertility of resources, and oomprehends quite 19 thoroughly their deplorable lack of printiple, conscience and honesty. He never rust them; never goes to sleep while there ire Yankees about; never trusts his lambs o a sadden moareioo of these wolves.? 3ome time ago the Yankees, in the emberinoe of their idiot joy upon getting Morris* [aland?an event whioh they baited as the immediate precursor of the downfall of jh&rleston?pronoonoed Beauregard a ham-' >ag. Perhaps they intended that as a ccfmdiment, bat tbey mast acknowledge by this ime that he did not deserve it. Their oompation of Morris* Island he had not the eans of preventing without leaving anjaarded a more direot* avenue to the city.? 3e ohose the less of two evils, and the remit has vindicated the wisdom of his judgment. Even if they lay Charleston in ashes, hey can never plant their banner in triumph lpon its soil. Beauregard is too much for hem. They will have not only to hate him >ut respect him. He will oompel them to lo this, just as Stonewall Jackson did. He s in many respects a kindred spirit to Jaokion?a single-minded, intensely earnest, alnost sofemn man?a praying and fighting nan. Let them learn of that devout, clearleaded, and valiant soldier, that combina;ion, whioh we wish ooald everywhere be band in oar Soathern leaders, of chivalry ind common sense.?Richmond Dispatch. From the Charieston Mercury. Phe Finances?The Currency--Lyle's Plan. No measure so simple, prompt, efljeaoioas ind just, as Lyle's plan for the rednotion >f the currenoy, and consequently of all jrices, has been proposed. It is this: That $100,000,000 of new Treasury notes ie prepared, and notioe given to all holders ? ii: -l . ftj. i. i ooAn )i me present issues, assumed to do couu,)00,000, that, within ten days from a day lamed, all snob issues shall be surrendered o Commissioners appointed in eaoh Collecion District of the Confederacy, and oneixth of the sums respectively hold be ta:en in the new .currency, and the remainng five-sixth in bonds, bearing the rates of nterest to whioh the notes originally entiled the holders; and that all notes not so eodered 'shall be deemed paid. By this deoisive stroke.the onrrency ronld be redneed to 9100,000,009, at rhioh it must be kept, as the maximum. ?bis is a sine qua non. By this measure the note-holders will offer no damage; for the purohasing power f the 9100,000,000 will be as effective as raa the *600,000,000. They will not only offer*no less, but will gain the fall value f the bonds, equal, it may fairly be assailed, to the valae of the new notes deliverA vTKn mora forma nf tho onntroof U bugUJt AUV - MUV?W KV&U10 Vft. IM4V WUVtHWV rill be broken, bat the effective value of he obligating currency surrendered will be oubled. The measure beiog consummasd, the whole faoded debt, including unettlcd claims to be liquidated, may be 1,000,000,000, requiring, soy 870,000,-' >00 for interest. But the interest of the debt, and the curent expenses of the war, must be provided or, without further issues of Treasury otes.. This must be done by taxation and oluntary loans, and, if necessary, by imressments, paying for property so taken t the market prices, in bonds, at the maret prices, so that "just compensation" hall be made for all commodities and roperty obtained by this exceptionable and arah measure." . ' There will be much inconvenience in arryiug Mr. Lyles' scheme into effeot; bnt ot so mnoh as wonld attend the accomlishment of the redaction of the oarrenoy y-taxrtion adequate to that object, or by ny other plan that baa been proposed. It i obvious that the amount of new notes for ich District could not be fore-known; at jme places there wonld be a deficiency, rid a>. others an 'excess of the new notes at le first trial; for the deficiency temporary srtifioates could be issued, and the exces3s quickly transferred to meet the defiienoies For the trans-Mississippi region, > would be . best to establish a Sub-Curren7 Department for this and other purposes, ind as to such portions of the ourrenoy as suld not, from any insuperable cause, be resented, let it be condemned as currency, ith a provision that' after the war, upoo itisfactory proof that, presentation for exiiange was impracticable, suoh notes, with x per oent. interest should be paid. It is admitted that as far as mere legal ghts are intohred, there is a departure om the terms of the contraots, and that mail Iftftns are nrirmofied. " The' ooeroed irties, however, will not^e injured, but irtainly greatly benefitted; and tbey are reeieely those who have all the money of le country on hand, and will make no sacfioe to obtain it, as under other eohemes ; forced loans, the parties' compelled to an borrowed money would have to do.? pi here it may be observed, that the loian ould he widely diffused, end the mass of ie people be deeply and directly interesd in maintaining the faith and oredit of ie Government. - , - - ii-i-it-.- . J -C ,k? uugroso mo iouuuvjwu vi iuo vui*b?v^j proposed fofffc a^ptioo, tb?.do?9 not VPlve foroed teens, breaoh'of contract or r power delegawd to effect panoses not tended. And none, it is to be' feared, oan 2 devised that will be free from some of ie3o objections. The Bank plan is conitutfonaf in its teift^ but;is designed to roe the oorreaoy into bonds, and will prove grievously unequal and oppressive in its operation.. Bnt Lyle's plan, apart from raj its coercive and technically illegal, features ' ?9j rj a? would work no wrong, or cause any.losa.to ;^SHS any man, or injure any interest, whilst it SB would effect promptly and completely'the Jsfl vitil desideratum of reduction of the cur- J ' B rency to at least a comparatively sound conditionVINDEX". rffr y*' I ay ? The Iron Fleet. - .; The Biohmond Enquirer tbinksitubt only possible, but even probable, thatlbe^ new steam rams of the Emperor of China/ * "HflSS orof the Picha of Egypt, will'yet be al- - lowed to depart for their destination. Tb? ^J simultaneous action both of the EugnUt and U renoh Uovernments, m detaioiog tbeaft BH vessels until the questions arising upon them shall be determined by the courtsjjfr s ij law, proves nothing except, the extreme can- tion of those two Powers in avoiding any* X thing which might seem an infrsofcion.of the law of neatrality. England, especially, is strongly interested in keeping ont of war; 1 {S3 and she has hitherto been able to persnade ^3^ the Emperor of the French to act along . with her in all matters pertaining to oar * .'5S| American affairs. lfl Yet France has not by any means the SHI same degree of interest in that polioy that ' '-Jim ?9 England has, France has no snoh precious- * commerce spread over all seas,, inviting i< 'J Yankee privateers. Frahoe has no Ireland by her side, with the proepect of an K "Fenian Brothers" landing a pen its shores in case of war. On the other hand, Fnnoo* nH has interests in an opposite direction, tog* ing her to strengthen and establish a South- "jj ern Confederacy between Mexico and the KB Yankee nation. In fact, the entente cofa . diale is quite as hollow on this hemisphere' ' 1 ns on the other; bat it still stands, and we may expeot to see the two nations yet a lit- a tie while moving part passu, and in 'jmr ' same direction. ^ r But there are signs that this detention of TH*! the iron vessels in England may do no more ^Jn3 than .occasion delay. Lord Palmerston^s /jKS special penman of the Fost hw a longjft - /<|9 tide on the subject?the drift of which is, >fH that, in allprobability, the courts may pro-" ounce the detention of the rams to be tile-' J3M gal; and that, in that ease, there ought to. * be no new legislation, in a time of war, to aid d one belligerent against another. The . .W thus balances the question : On the one hand, the future interests of . SHE this coantry must bo'regardedj and,"on the . other, the obvioas infringement of the epirit, if not of the letter, of neatndtty, by leg- 1 | isiating to meet the reqniromebtB of one of H .the contending parties. On the one side, policy and international law impress the ne- - 1 cessity of preventing vessels intended to bo * M used against a friendly State leaving oar . 3 shores. On the other,' honor and dignity sag dissuade from introducing changes which jjH can operate only against the weaker of the 1 1 two belligerents, between whom we are desiroao of standing perfectly nentrafc^Mfc ^ ' M position is a difficult one for the British .* JH Government, and it may nofr be less so for the Legislature.-f;.. Then comes the last and most signifiOp . paragraph, in whioh the Govern ment news- ' . J H paper expresses a rea! opinion : The Act is silent about the building' Of " shins, and nrohihit.q solfllv their bi>in*\ am-- -H ei or equipped with the object of being . EB8 used against a friendly State. Bat doe.-" * the baiiding of a vessel which can be em * ployed as a ram for mailing down others constitute an infringement" of the Act ?? jflO Some say yes, whilst other no less respec- Bjfi table authorities say no. Supposing the courts of law say no, ought the Legislature 1 to interpose and supply the deficiency in the a , law? This question may, in fact, be rab- t s mitted to the Legislatore, and i? so its reply W will demand the exercise, of the gr^st " J To oar mind the most fitting answer which JhW could be given woold.be to the'effectriiat 'Mb this country had framed its laws with the '.jM view of enforcing neutral obligations, and !??! that if those laws are .proved to he, defective jBB it most await a time when suitable modifi-' g|j? cation can be introduced without prejudice j|||j to the interests of Here Lord Palmers ton's organ dot " only B deprecates any new law made expressly to ? .fl hold these vessels; but impUw that such j|g nejr legislation cannot now be made "with- ||b| out prejudice to the interests of a particular 'KSl State/' Then the Confederacy is a partiou- . I lar State and the Federal Union, another. j|8? Then "this is not a "civil war/' nor a "re- ~ Ira bellion." If not, if we are two bfttioM, flj or "States/' foreign to one another/what is 1||| the ezonse for declining to acknowledge . 9 that fact officially? ; ? -rw Wbiteto the Prisoners.?Ojtr sur- ?|NE geons lately released from Johnson Island fjaM! and other Yankee dungeons, describe the ?g3fj arrival of .mails containing letters from homo 1S? for the prisoners as effeetiug in the extreme. gljS The eager anxiety of all, until the mails ggff are*opened, the intense joy of those who |jg|| get and the deep dejection of these who do . not get letters, cannot be told in wordsr^- HB ? * * WVupcu up lU1 no<u v son, the eoaoda fcQjn hooaeUwh^h T HH t^?dTb 9 foxation8 sk?aU Icdojv no re- # &mitt&?to paw* ?M evcr b" H goes, the Fanlrees have been re^S^i in conveying letters both to and from pnopera. We trust that every one who hu- ?jglB relative or frieod^ln prison sad can wield u R pen, will avail himself of the opportupit ' Rj afforded of the flags of trace, and that hereafter aa fejr a# possible of the popr fellow: will be diaappoiated when the mails frotu B the South are opened.?Richmond Whig MB ' . . ?T*. ' S